1. TFF'09-Vegas, based on a true story - Screen Comment
TFF'09-Vegas, based on a true story ... What first struck me about Amir Naderi's film “Vegas” is how Iranian it looks; it looks and feels Iranian, and happens to ...
What first struck me about Amir Naderi’s film “Vegas” is how Iranian it looks; it looks and feels Iranian, and happens to be set in Las Vegas (the non-shiny part of the city, which tourists don’t visit). Symbolic possibilities are everywhere in this small world Naderi constructed around a narrative of a poor, three-person family who dig up their yard in search for a treasure. The arid desert contrasting with the tomato plants which the mother grows in a makeshift greenhouse near the house. The dazzle of the casinos in the distance versus the pathetic strips that cater to the weather-beaten locals. For the money shot, found at the end of “Vegas,” Naderi superimposes the family’s excavated yard with a closeup of their last unbroken pot of flowers. Done by a Western filmmaker this would have been quickly dismissed as first-year film school conceit. But here it works beautifully. The American West has always looked gorgeous on film and Las Vegas, [...]
2. Vegas: Based on a True Story | Rotten Tomatoes
A family living in a house in Las Vegas learns that a fortune is buried beneath it, and everybody goes to crazy lengths to locate it.
3. Vegas: Based on a True Story | 2009 Tribeca Festival
Vegas: Based on a True Story. North American Premiere. Vegas: Based on a True Story. | USA | 101 MINUTES | English. Drama, Thriller, Comedy. Eddie Parker, his ...
Acclaimed director Amir Naderi applies his inimitable cinematic style to Vegas, a timely and complex fable about our current economic crisis. The film takes place away from the glittering strip of mega casinos, but the greed of Sin City is just as pervasive on the desert outskirts, where an otherwise happy family is thrown into turmoil after learning of a forgotten fortune that may be buried beneath their home.
4. VEGAS: BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Viennale
VEGAS: BASED ON A TRUE STORY ... Eddie Parker, his wife Tracy, and their 12-year-old son Mitch lead blue-collar lives on the outskirts of America's pleasure ...
Amir Naderi, USA, 2008, 102min, Eddie Parker, his wife Tracy, and their 12-year-old son Mitch lead blue-collar lives on the outskirts of America's…
5. Vegas: Based On A True Story - Rattapallax
Vegas: Based on a True Story is an Alphaville Films NYC production. The screenplay was developed thanks to the New York State Council for the Arts and ...
Synopsis: Eddie Parker, his wife Tracy and their 12-year-old son Mitch lead blue-collar lives on the outskirts of America’s pleasure capital, Las Vegas. A compulsive gambler, Eddie has never won big. Tending her small garden in the desert, Tracy tries to keep the fragile family life together. Then an elusive stranger shows up claiming there’s something special about their home and he makes an offer that quickly turns into the family’s obsession. The only question is how deep are they willing to go? Watch on Amazon Prime / Vimeo Demand
6. Vegas: Based on a True Story - The Hollywood Reporter
Sep 1, 2008 · Vegas: Based on a True Story. Iranian helmer Amir Naderi's ("The Runner") fascination with the perversities of American society finds new ground ...
Iranian helmer Amir Naderi's ("The Runner") fascination with the perversities of American society finds new ground, literally, in "Vegas: Based on a True Story," a pointed moral tale about people who become so obsessed with money they destroy every good thing they have.
7. Review: Vegas: Based on a True Story - Slant Magazine
May 3, 2009 · Told with an unfussy minimalism that doesn't eclipse its metaphor's somewhat creaky obviousness, Vegas: Based on a True Story presents a ...
The film unavoidably devolves into a treatise that, though timely, feels a tad too on the nose.
8. Tribeca Review: Vegas: Based On A True Story | Cinemablend
May 3, 2009 · Introducing his film Vegas: Based on a True Story, director Amir Naderi dedicated the film to New Iranian Cinema, the movement in his home ...
Essentially an allegory about American greed as personified both by treasure-hunting myths and the Las Vegas trip, Vegas might have worked just as well as a short
9. Vegas: Based on a True Story - Variety
Sep 5, 2008 · Iranian expatriate cineaste Amir Naderi returns to the desert in “Vegas: Based on a True Story,” a film of such single-minded desolation that it ...
Iranian expatriate cineaste Amir Naderi returns to the desert in "Vegas: Based on a True Story," as a destructive force rips through a family in precarious remission from full-blown addiction.
10. Vegas: Based on a true story - Where to Watch and Stream - TV Guide
The film takes place away from the glittering strip of mega casinos, but the greed of Sin City is just as pervasive on the desert outskirts. This is where a ...
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11. Vegas: Based on a True Story - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Sep 18, 2021 · This is the grounds for that part of his title: Based on a True Story. In fact, this is a very different Vegas story. The skyline is seen in the ...
VEGAS: BASED ON A TRUE STORY US, 2008, 102 minutes, Colour. Mark Greenfield, Nancy La Scala, Zac Thomas, Walt Turner, Alexis Hart. Directed by Amir Naderi. Iranian director, Amir Nadiri, has lived in the United States for over twenty years. He has made a number of small-budget films, looking at what...
12. Vegas: Based on a True Story is Available - Production Junction
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After being locked in a vault for the past 8 years, Vegas: Based on a True Story is available to stream online!
